Cage, Darryl Palumbo, & the Plug Awards | pics

February 3, 2006

Cage played the Plug Awards last night too. (Feb 2, 2006)

CAGE @ WEBSTER HALL FOR THE PLUG AWARDS

“Darryl [Palumbo] is a really good friend of mine; he’s like one of my best friends at this point, and we have a project together. Shoot Frank is the name of the group, and we gave the song on my new album the same title just to keep it in people’s heads. Frank is my stepfather. But that was the concept with this record: more honesty, brutal honesty. The truth hit me like a snakebite, and that’s all I can do now. And that dude was a big influence on me in making this record because, you know, he’s dying of Crohn’s disease, and he’s had like four major surgeries, more than a foot of intestine pulled out, and here was this dude who was struggling and trying to stay alive, and I just didn’t give two fucks about my life. Seeing how he was struggling to live when I really didn’t feel like I had much to live for, and the way he translated his emotion and pain through music was a huge influence on me, and I’m trying to convey that to the listener.” [said Cage to Popmatters]